May, the month of the Multiverse, begins with a new member of the Multiversal Masters of Evil meeting the six appearance minimum within a year. Despite the latest Avengers Forever title featuring Doom Supreme, the majority of the Avengers’ antagonists remain… Read More ›
Marauders
Weekly Marvel Review: April 06, 2022 (Week 14)
Typically, big event stories end with the hero riding off into the sunset after saving the day. However, the conclusion of Devil’s Reign gives Kingpin, the event’s main antagonist, a (somewhat) happy ending. But it’s not just Wilson Fisk finding a… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: January 26, 2022 (Week 04)
Characters reveal their allegiances and join new teams, starting with Gentle in Black Panther. The Wakandan mutant turns out to be one of T’Challa’s many sleeper agents around the planet, well planets would be more appropriate as the mutants’ reach extends… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: January 12, 2022 (Week 02)
Big moves happen in the Marauders book, with three Character Developments coming in the way of role changes within the Hellfire Trading Company. Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw step down from their posts as part of the ruling class and the… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: December 01, 2021 (Week 48)
It took three years of antagonizing the Avengers, but Red Widow finally breaks through with her 17th and 18th appearances marking her induction into the Fantasy Comic League review system. In doing so, she brings Power Princess and Blur over… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: October 27, 2021 (Week 43)
The ladies of the Marvel Universe dominate the latest weekly release of books. Of the Top 10 performances, seven come from female characters. Colleen Wing and Misty Knight, Spider-Man’s main supporting characters currently, put Ben Reilly through a combat trial… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: September 15, 2021 (Week 37)
Kang looks to be making a late push in the Antagonists’ ranks. With three more appearances in the last five weeks—and 49 total points spanning six overall apps—Kang now ranks as the sixth best antagonist for the year. Those numbers… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: August 18, 2021 (Week 33)
A pair of characters each earn their 36th overall appearance to meet the threshold for inclusion in the Fantasy Comic League review database. Tempo, who debuted in 1990, likely joins the main Marauders’ crew in a matter of issues anyway,… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: July 21, 2021 (Week 29)
The age old story of the creation turning on its creator ties together the three new additions to the Fantasy Comic League database this week. The classic example of this trope being Dr. Frankenstein’s monster. The Marvel version of the… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: June 02, 2021 (Week 22)
Talk about an exclusive guest list. Not just the Hellfire Gala, but the Fantasy Comic League database. For the first time in a long time, no new characters get added to the review system. Surprising given all the opportunities for… Read More ›